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Welcome. Good call trading in the YJ, those are pigs on gas.
Around Toronto, I havent seen any SOM (Sunburst Orange Metallic) HHRs on the road, only one in a dealers lot, and that colour has been discontinued for 2009. I will miss it.

Gremlin

Ya know, I gotta be honest about that YJ. I bought it new in 1990, drove the p*ss out of ot for 17 years, had it off road, thru water, and everything else I could throw at it. It had a small 2 liter engine that was so cheap on gas right up to the end, it amazed me. That was why it was difficult to trade it in. In those 17 years the only issue I had was the rear differencial (spelling?) needed to be rebuilt once. It was my 3rd Jeep and the most reliable vehicle I've ever had ..... up to now of course. I got very lucky with that jeep. It just worked. A lot of them don't.

Funny story about Auggies color choice. It's a running joke in the family about how every vehicle I've ever owned except for one of the jeeps, turned out to be red. Now, I don't hate red but I'm sick of red vehicles. When we finally decided on a dealership to get our baby from, the rep's first words were "We have this beautiful red one just .." and the wife & I just cut him off laughing our butts off. Told him we would take any color except red (wanted something different for once) or black (to hot inside the vehicle - wife has med condition that we have to be mindful of).

With the orange one we ultimatly got, we like it partially because there aren't many of them in the city and it's easy to spot in a parking lot filled with grey, white, and various shades/colors of dark cars.